Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, PopeCassell, 1889 - 192 pagina's |
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Pagina 24
... labour ; and who is willing to think that he has been labouring in vain ? He had infused into it much knowledge and much thought ; had often polished it to elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to ...
... labour ; and who is willing to think that he has been labouring in vain ? He had infused into it much knowledge and much thought ; had often polished it to elegance , often dignified it with splendour , and sometimes heightened it to ...
Pagina 30
... labour was The Old Bachelor , of which he says , in his defence against Collier , comedy was written , as several know , some years before it was acted . When I wrote it I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it to amuse myself in ...
... labour was The Old Bachelor , of which he says , in his defence against Collier , comedy was written , as several know , some years before it was acted . When I wrote it I had little thoughts of the stage ; but did it to amuse myself in ...
Pagina 35
... labour and much thought , was re- ceived with so little favour , that being in a high degree offended and disgusted , he resolved to commit his quiet and his fame no more to the caprices of an audience . From this time his life ceased ...
... labour and much thought , was re- ceived with so little favour , that being in a high degree offended and disgusted , he resolved to commit his quiet and his fame no more to the caprices of an audience . From this time his life ceased ...
Pagina 47
... corrected and revised from another impression , " but the labour of revision was thrown away . From this time he turned some of his thoughts to the celebration of living characters , and wrote a poem on BANK BLACKMORE.NAR 47.
... corrected and revised from another impression , " but the labour of revision was thrown away . From this time he turned some of his thoughts to the celebration of living characters , and wrote a poem on BANK BLACKMORE.NAR 47.
Pagina 50
... labour discovered nothing but their own want of judgment and capacity . As Mr. Johnson penetrates to the bottom of his subject , by which means his observations are solid and natural , as well as delicate , so his design is always to ...
... labour discovered nothing but their own want of judgment and capacity . As Mr. Johnson penetrates to the bottom of his subject , by which means his observations are solid and natural , as well as delicate , so his design is always to ...
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